Example sentences of "[pers pn] stood [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stood up for a gasp of air , ducked down again , searching with fingers , with feet , with urgency turning to appalling alarm . |
| 2 | ‘ I stood up for what 's right . |
| 3 | I stood up for him and said it was rubbish , and told all the black players to quit training . |
| 4 | I stood up for six questions , not least for question No. 3 , in which I have a constituency interest . |
| 5 | ‘ Good bye , Granny , I 'll try to be a good girl , ’ I sobbed before I stood back for the undertaker to screw down the lid . |
| 6 | I stood in for at the meeting of BAIE 's Regional Chairmen in London last week , and undertook to pass on to you the name and address of the Chairman of the London & Home Counties Region , who might well like you to do a seminar or seminars for them . |
| 7 | First I stood in for — ’ Suddenly he stopped . |
| 8 | I mean , you stood up for four hits , Mouse ? ’ |
| 9 | She stood back for him to see the roe deer . |
| 10 | I mean lunch time we were hearing how , because they stood up for what was right , it was over the killing of soldiers and that , this man job and actually he more or less said that he was something wrong with his head did n't he ? |
| 11 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |
| 12 | His finest hour was when , as a member of the Royal Commission , he stood up for their interests and dissented valiantly from the majority . |
| 13 | Or he stood in for one or other of the teachers , notably Miss Gilberd when she wanted to ‘ pop home ’ , or Mr McWhirter when he failed altogether to arrive . |